Eeepc 701 (4G) - Xandros - DVB-T Pinnacle PCTV Stick Solo 72 VLC player. And Swiss channels.
/home/user> uname -a
Linux asus-117680648 2.6.21.4-eeepc #2 Mon Oct 15 12:49:37 EDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
1) Intro
2) setup
3) VLC
4) Annex
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1) Intro
To watch TV whenever I am out of my home would be nice. No need to use wifi (cost).
The little DVB-T stick is a good solution. Of course, I have to be in an area where DVB-T
usage is possible.
The DVBT-T stick is cost effective and really good, albeit the little antenna.
2) Setup:
I follow the indications given by knowledgeable people on the web.
Most propose to use kaffeine as the player. On my desktop, kaffeine is really nice.
But on Xandros Eeepc, I can't install it (kdelib dependency).
I don't want to force install. As so far, I have already made some tweaks to get the full dektop
working.
The solution is to install VLC, as it is advised by a few posts.
2-a) Install dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/;
2-b) Install http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/~mo/dvb-drivers-2.6.21.4-5_eeepc.deb
tweaking in the kernel, udev creation.
Follow the indications From: http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/~mo/eeepc#cutpaste
NB: I got the driver from another link, whose name I forgot. Apparently it is the one as indicated.
2-c) sudo apt-get install vlc
2-d) I retrieve the Swiss channels (ch-all) from the installation of kaffeine on my Ubuntu desktop.
The Swiss channels are listed (ch_all) as below: use sccan to get ueful channels.
# Switzerland, whole country
# Created from http://www.broadcast.ch/portal.aspx?pid=705
# T freq bw fec_hi fec_lo mod transmission-mode guard-interval hierarchy
T 482000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 514000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 522000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 538000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 554000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 562000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 578000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 594000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 602000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 618000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 626000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 642000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 658000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 666000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 674000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 682000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 690000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 698000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 714000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 722000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 738000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 754000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 762000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 786000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 802000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
T 826000000 8MHz 5/6 NONE QAM16 8k 1/4 NONE
------------------ channels.conf --------------------
SF 1:578000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_5_6:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSIO
N_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:160:80:1
TSR1:578000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_5_6:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSIO
N_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:161:84:257
TSI1:578000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_5_6:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSIO
N_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:162:88:513
TSR2:578000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_5_6:FEC_1_2:QAM_16:TRANSMISSIO
N_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:164:96:258
3) VLC from: http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=984983 (french).
In my home directory, I have channels.conf.
From a terminal:
vlc -vvv channels.conf
The VLC player will show up.
In fact, if everything is correctly installed, the player will play immediately the first channel of the list.
To see the all channels, click on View.
4) annex
/home/user> more /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://update.eeepc.asus.com/p701 p701 main
deb http://update.eeepc.asus.com/p701/fr-channel p701 main
#deb ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb http://dccamirror.xandros.com/dccri/ dccri-3.0 main
#deb http://www.geekconnection.org/ xandros4 main #
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/eeepcrepos/ p701 main etch
#deb http://updates.xepc.org/ p701 main
deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/xs2.0/upkg-srv2 etch main contrib non-free
deb http://dccamirror.xandros.com/dccri/ dccri-3.0 main
deb http://www.geekconnection.org xandros4 main
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home/user> lsusb
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 2304:0236 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0951:1606 Kingston Technology
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 12d1:1001
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
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